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Dec. 24, 2009 — Riverview

The day before Christmas, Aisha Warren called authorities from Publix supermarket about a argument she was having with boyfriend Richard Longstreet, 34.

However, she declined help when Cpl. Mark Clark arrived around 12:30 p.m. According to the sheriff's office, she and Longstreet drove off with three small children in the back seat.

Cpl. Clark followed at a distance. The pair soon pulled over and were violently arguing by the time Clark walked up to the vehicle. Longstreet got out to talk to Clark, then got back in the car and pulled a handgun from under the seat. Read more

Warren tried to grab the gun from her boyfriend as Clark deployed his Taser to Longstreet's leg. Longstreet kicked it away and continued to wave the handgun at Clark and Warren.

Clark fired, fatally wounding him in the upper torso.

This was the 130th police shooting in Florida in 2009.

Four days earlier, one officer shot one person in Lighthouse Point .

Two days later, one officer shot one person in Aventura .

3 ways this case compares to others

  1. Longstreet was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  2. Longstreet was involved in a domestic disturbance, a factor in 115 cases.
  3. Longstreet pointed a weapon at officers. Twenty-eight percent of shootings involved people who police say pointed a weapon at them.

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